Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.71% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 1.18%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which rose 3.42% or 1.900 points to trade at 57.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) added 3.14% or 4.450 points to end at 146.200 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) was up 3.07% or 2.440 points to 81.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG), which fell 0.33% or 0.250 points to trade at 75.840 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) declined 0.23% or 0.030 points to end at 13.205 and RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) was up 0.12% or 0.030 points to 25.010.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which rose 2.50% to 29.350, Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which was up 2.38% to settle at 54.550 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which gained 2.37% to close at 72.550.
The worst performers were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 8.09% to 11.305 in late trade, Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which lost 1.01% to settle at 45.665 and Sky Deutschland AG NA (XETRA:SKYDn) which was down 0.50% to 6.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which rose 3.80% to 117.400, Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was up 3.59% to settle at 43.520 and Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which gained 3.08% to close at 59.650.
The worst performers were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which was down 1.84% to 159.950 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which lost 1.59% to settle at 12.350 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 1.54% to 13.085 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 591 to 145 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.42% or 1.900 to 57.470. Shares in Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.14% or 4.450 to 146.200. Shares in Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) rose to all time highs; up 3.07% or 2.440 to 81.950.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.32.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.06% or 12.60 to $1206.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.03 to trade at $57.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.0602, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 99.63.